winIDEA Help

The Debug Plugin for Eclipse provides all standard Eclipse debug functionality through winIDEA which runs in the background. All standard debug functionalities available in (C++ Development Toolkit) CDT are also implemented in the plugin. Additionally, Special Function Registers and Real-time expressions view.

 

The plugin does not provide trace, coverage and, profiler functionality - for this winIDEA must be used directly. Therefore the plugin provides more than the standard CDT debugger, but less than winIDEA. During the debugging process winIDEA can run in the background but if any advanced features are required it can be made visible.

 

 

Prerequisites and system requirements

Before starting with the installation the system must contain the following:

 

1. Java

The plugin will install it. It will not be available if an older version of Java is already installed.

a.Java 11 or newer for Eclipse 2020-09 and newer.

b.Java 8 or newer for Eclipse Juno (4.2) to 2020-09 up to winIDEA version 9.17.158.

 

2. Eclipse

To download the latest Eclipse go to https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/. If you want to use Eclipse for C/C++ development only, there is already a package with CDT available (Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers). In this case, skip CDT installation described in the next step.

a.Eclipse 2020-09 and newer.

b.Eclipse Juno (4.2) to 2020-09 up to winIDEA version 9.17.158.

 

After the installation is done, select a workspace in launch the Eclipse IDE.

 

3. CDT

To obtain CDT go to http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/downloads.php. CDT should be installed as an Eclipse Plugin.

 

 

Supported platforms

The plugin supports all platforms supported by the BlueBox embedded development tools.